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VOL. 45. NO. 24
J3E AR IN MIND I Many People Read THE ENTERPRISE Who Do Not See Any Other Newton County Paper 1
COUNTY TREASURERS WOULD
LOSE THEIR JOBS IN GEORGIA
If this New Law Proposed in the Senate is
Enacted into a Statute.
Abolition of the office of county
treasurer throughiut the state, and
provision for the discharge of the du¬
ties now performed by that official bj
some bank to be selected by the prop
er county authority,is the purpose of
a bill which has been prepared by
Senator J. D. Price, of the twenty
seventh, and will be the subject of a
Le o- r eat deal of interest while it is be
senate. ~
the
The bill provides that on and after
January 1, 1911. the office of county
treasurer shall be abolished in all the
counties of the state, and that the
county commissioners or ordinary in
each county, as the case may be,shall
select a solvent chartered bank as
depository for all county funds.
In the event any county is without
a chartered bank, it is to select a
citizen of such county, who shall dis¬
charge all of the duties in /connection
with the county funds, such as would
devolve upon a bank.
It is provided that the county au¬
thorities shall pay no compensation
to the bank for keeping county funds.
In the case of individuals, the county
authorities may provide for reasona
ble compensation.The banks selected
as county depositories are to keep
accurate accounts of county funds
subject at all times to inspection,and
the check of the proper county au
thorities , ... shall , ,, . be sufficient ... , voucher ,
a
for the payment of such funds by the
banks. Banks are to give bond, and
are to be selected for a term not I 011 -
ger than two ydrs. They are to mate
regular reports to the grand jury just
as is now required of county treas¬
urers.
READY FOR THE
TABERNACLE
The annual Oak Hill Tabernacle
meeting will be held July 15-25. .
Rev. J.B.Brasher.of Boaz Ala., and
other workers, will assist Rev. C.
M. Dunaway.
The public dining hail at the rear
of the Tabernacle will be run for the
accommodation of the people.Board
reasonable. Proceeds will go towards
expense of the meeting.
T. W. Hicks,
Sec. Board Directors.
Card of Thanks.
Thru the medium of the press the la¬
dies of theFourthCircle wish to make
public their thanks to Mr. Cohen for
his recent Library benefit. He
offered to give five per cent of two
da\s proceeds, but made his check
for more than this amount. The bean-
1 iful feature of this benefit was that
h was entirely unsolicited, being of¬
fered out of the greatness of Mr.
Cohen's philanthropic spirit.
Mr. and Mrs. George P Shingler bmng,er Ji JT
and tire * Turner, :
• are enjoying
a .
uslt to Ashville, N. C.,
an me
gssatgai i'.-a— mu ■MUrfevwilgrSragSBraTHMa
The Lowes! Market Prices
Are always to be had of us in Bed Room,
Parlor, Dining Room, Kitchen and Office
Furniture. $JLawn Swings, Porch goods,
Matting, Rugs, Art squares, cook stoves,
Refrigerators, Ice Chests, Ice Cream
freezers, Fireless cookers
Everything that goes to make your Home o place of comfort.
Our Undertaking department !s the best in i
city having the only Licensed Embalmer. !
Everitts Furniture Store.
COVINGTON, GEORGIA
NH HH H ^ ► & C/5
COVINGTON, GA., FRIDAY JULY S 1909.
They Regret His
Enforced Absence
Resolutions adopted by a com¬
mittee from the annual Sabbath
Schoo ‘ celebration at Oak Hill,
Newton county Georgia.
Resolved, That the fifteen hun
d red and fifty or more of his fellow
citizeus tod „ ssemb , ed unite
in our annual religious and pat
. observance
r '°^' c of this day miss
the customary presence of our be
loved neighbor, friend and distin
guiehed citizen, Hon. L. F. Liv¬
ingston, who is detained in Wash¬
ington by official duty.
Resolved that we send him our
greetings and assurances of our
continued love and esteem, and
j trust that he may soon be able to
j return to his family and friends in
health aud strength.
Resolved that the chairman of ,
this meeting be r* quested to for
j ward a C( , Dy of thege resolutions
to . ^ Col. , T Livingston . . . also . they , be
'
j P u 111 each of the county
j papers.
1 j J. Q. Nolan,
‘ C. M. Candler,
C. P. Aikeix
Salem Circuit Meetings.
The Third Quarterly Conlerence
of the Salem circuit will be held
at Union church, Rockdale coun¬
ty Wednesday July 21, Dr. C. E.
Dow man presiding and preaching.
Protracted meetings in the cir¬
cuit will be held as follows:
Oak Hill Tabernacle July 15-25
Salem church July 25- Aug. 2
Salem Camp meeting Aug. G 13.
Union church Aug. 14-22.
Prospect Aug. 22-29.
Snapping Shoals, Sept. 1-S.
The District Conference meets
next Tuesday at Social Circle.
Delegates elect are as follows:
Salem church, B. D. Ramsey.
Prospect, W. H. Ogletree, Rev.
C. M. Dunaway.
Union church, ]. B. Boyd,
Morris,
gna pping Shoa l 8i j. A PreS Bon.
From lhe , clrcmt . at lar , 6 e . S on ' J> '
Hicks, O. B. McCord,
The Emory endowment fund is be¬
ing rapidly raised. Each week a very
substantial sum being added to the
sum tota1 ' Last week the efforts of
Dr. Dickey were marked by two very
interesting auuiiions—$1,150 from Bur
j na Vista and $1,000 from Cochran.
FOR A CONSTRUCTIVE
Governor Brown’s First Message Summarized
In Short Sentences.
In his recent message to the legis
lature Governor Joseph M. Brown set
forth clearly that he stands for a
constructive Georgia,with equality and
impartiality in the treatment of all
persons and all property. N
He urges a $600,000 bond issue, or
such other plan as may satifactorily
solve the problem, to provide for the
prompt payment of Georgia's school
teachers.
Recommends proper and substantial
support for all state institutions, call¬
ing special attention to the new ag¬
ricultural schools.
Recommends the establishment of
the office of commissioner of labor.
Recommends the creation of a state
board of tax equalizers and of county
boards of tax assessors to the end
that taxation may be equalized
throughout the state.
Recommends the enactment of an
inheritance tax law.
Recommends a constitutional amend¬
ment providing for biennial sessions
of the general assembly.
Recommends additional legislation
looking to the encouragement of good
roads construction throughout the en
tire state.
Warns railroads and other corpora
tions that they mustn’t construe con
servatism or fair treatment as occa
sion or opportunity for license or in¬
dulgence in public abuse.
Recommends legislation which will
Why Georgia Needs An Education Law.
Accompanying the petition tor a compulsory education law in
Georgia, the following facts regarding illiteracy in Georgia are pres¬
ented by the organizations which are working for the passage of the
bill
Do you know that by the last United State-> census out of the
four cities in the United States where the highest percentage of child¬
ren of native white stock are being allowed to grow up illiterate, two
are Georgia cities?
- Judged by the illiteracy ia cities, Georgia stands next to the
lowest state in the Union?
Taking all the white and negro children to Georgia from ten to
fourteen, one out of every five is unable to read and write.
Georgia’s children of this age have 34 times as high a propor¬
tion of illiteracy as the children of Massachusetts and G7 times as great
a proportion as the children of Nebraska.
Every year over 10,000 young people pass beyond the school
age in Georgia, totally illiterate and beyond the reach of future legis
lation on this subject.
- Twelve per cent of all the white nmn of voting age in Ge >rgia
have been allowed to grow up illiterate.
Do you realize that an overwhelming maj >rity of the states in
the Union require school attendance by law?
Of the 10,000 most eminent men in America, not one is an il¬
literate, but one out of every 42 is a college graduate?
The illiterates of the United States furnish two aud on* -hi If
times as many criminals as an equal number ot those who can read
and writs.
In view of these facts, will you not help us to get a compulsory
education law for Georgia?—Atlanta Georgian.
“Home Coming ’ Services.
Atlanta, Ga., Jul- 6 , 1909.
Editor Enterprise: —
All ex-members of the Temple Bap¬
tist church, of Atlanta, Ga., are
invited to be present Sunday July 11.
for a church reunion. Morning sub
ing subject—“Home Coining Here.’’
Evening subejet — “Home Coming
Hereafter.”
Please make an extra effort to con;
to these services.
Rev. J. T. Edmundson,
Pastor
compel the prompt settlement of all
claims held by private individuals
against railroad companies.
Urges encouragement of the move¬
ment looking to double-tracking the
railroads of the state.
Recommends that the control of mu¬
nicipal public utility corporations be
restored to municipalities.
Recommends the reduction in the
membership and office force of the
railroad commission in the interests
of economy and in line with the pol¬
icy of the Atlanta platform.
Recommends the amendment of the
new registration law so as to give
the voters of the state,particularly the
farming classes, opportunity to regis¬
ter and qualify. t
Urges the enactment of a law to
prevent lobbying.
Recommends legislation which will
throw all necessary safeguards arounc
state banks in the interests of de¬
positors.
Urges important amendments to the
game and fish laws,
4 1 Recommends proper and ample sup
j P° r t f° r the military of the state.
Commends the action of the last
legislature in providing for annual
payment of pensions in line with the
Atlanta platform,
Recommends the erection of a mon¬
ument to the confederate dead in Cap
itol square.
Little Miss Dorothy Foster, the
daughter of Prof, and Mrs. A. II. Fos
ter, is visiting in Haralson, having
stopped for a visit to her grandmother
Mrs. F. A. Foster en route home from
Lumpkin where she was the dainty
flowergirl in the pretty home wedding
of Prof H L Foster and Miss
jja gurles,which occurred on the mor
i ng of June 30. in Lumpkin.
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Mrs. Claude McKibben and little
daughter Linda Lee, of Atlanta, are
visiting in the city, the guests ot
Mrs. McKibben’s parents. Dr. and Mrs
J. \v. Lee.
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
skating carnival was
A VERY BRILLIANT AFFAIR
Was a Beautiful Picture of Colors as the Par¬
ticipants Appeared in Fancy Dress.
Convention Was
Full ot Interest
Tbe County School Commis¬
sioner’s Convention held at Tal¬
lulah Falls last week was a signif
cant educational gathering.
About forty Board members aud
over eighty County School Com¬
missioners were in attendance.
The large per centage of attendance
is all the more remarkable when
compared with the attendance of
the Georgia Educational Associa¬
tion which convened at Cumber¬
land Island only a few’ days ago,
there being only seventy-five
members present out of a constit¬
uency of several thousand teach¬
ers.
Prof. W. C. Wright at present
S. C. of Putnam county but for j
several years principal of the Cov- j
lugton High bchool and , County |
School Commissioner of Newton j
tountv, , , responded 1 , to , the address . ,
of welcome. 1
County School Commissioner 1
Foster addressed the Association 1
on the "Living Teacher. > » j
Prof. H. H. Stone, chairman j !
Board of Education of Newton
county read a strong paper on
“Good Roads as a Means to Good
Schools.”
So well received was the paper 1
v '
that Prof. Stone was requested to
have it published K in pamphlet 1 form
for distribution.
Two other former Newton coun¬
ty school men were on the program
viz: Prof. F. C. Florence. C. S.
C. of Morgan county, and Prof.
G. C. Adams, Principal Fifth '
District Agricultural school.
Reports showed that more bills
looking to the upbuilding of the
school interests of the state are
now pending in the legislature
than ever belore in the history of
Georgia.
The convention took special
steps looking to the passage of a
measure to provide for nn re
prompt payment of teachers.
Newton county really took the
initiativ3 in this matter when the
County Teachers Association
adopted resolutions calling for
legislation about a year ago and
mailed copies throughout the state.
House Party.
Mies Essie Jordan, will enter¬
tain 11 number of charming young
girls at house party next week , . I
a
and a number of lovely entertain
rnenTs have been planned in their,
honor. Miss Jordan will give S »
reception Saturday evening; the
vom.g gentlemen of the dancing
set, a dance Monday evening, i
Miss Ruby Weaver will give an 1
entertainment of some kind and
there will be a two days camp out
at McDaniel’s Mill in their honor
l'he members of the house party !
will arrive Saturday afternoon, j !
aud will include the following
young ladies, Misses Harriet aud.
A^ierta Glover, oj Anniston, Ala.,
Florence Brown, of Elberton and.
Petreu Thieson, of Pensacola, Flor
uia.
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Proctor and
daughter.leave this week tor an ex
tensive nt* trip to a "J “ a ys
in Washington they will go to
CityPoint, Va., and occupy the eolo
nial home of the Proctor family,which
is now controlled by Mr. Irving Proc
tor, during the last of July.
^ ^ ^ cufford Henderson, o
At , anta „ ho spen t the week end with
Mr and Mrs. J. F. Henderson, have l
.
returned home.
Skating Carnival.
On last Friday evening the First Cir¬
cle entertained at the Rink for the
benefit of the Library with a fan¬
cy dress Skating Carnival.
The Rink was beautifully decorated
with bunting, flags Japanese lanterns
and palms and presented a most at¬
tractive appearance.
At eight o’clock the guests begun to
assemble and before the contest was
called the hall was well filled. At
9:15 Mr. J. H. Echols, who was in en
tire charge of the floor rang the sig¬
nal and called for contestNo. l.Best
skater. Little girls under 14. The li'
tie girls came readily in response to
the signal and with Miss Mary Brown
Anderson as a fairy queen and the
others as flowers in their many col¬
ored costumes the skaters looked like
a glimpse of the “Fete of Flowerland.
Contest No. 2 was next called. Best
skater, little boys under 14.. Master
Jack Davis was dressed as a firefly,
and his costume was perfectly ar¬
ranged in its every detail.
Contest No. ?> was next called.Best
skater, young men. This contest was
very attractive, having more entries
than tlfe others.The young men as In¬
dian chiefs were elegantly costumed
and Mr. Alva Hooper as a Red Cross
Knight and Richard Miller as a Turk,
deserve especial mention for the
taste displayed in their costumes.
Contest No. 4 was next called.Best
skaters in couples of boys and girls,
un( j er 14 . Little Miss Whitehead and
Jack Davis, Miss Biggres and Guv Wil
son. Marv Brown Anderson and Eu
ene Lee, j r ( a ll deserve especial
mention for their artistic appearance
in their skating in couples.
The prizes awarded were as fol
lows:
First Contest—Best skater, little
girls under 14, costuming counting 25
ner cent in awards—Miss Mary Browi
Anaerson.
Second Contest—Best skater, little
boys under 14—W. M. Williams.
Third Contest—Best skater, young
men—Richard Miller.
Fourth Contest—Best skaters in
® oup1 ®?., Miss Biggers and Master ♦
Guy Wilson.
Miss May Belle Clark being the only
young lady in costume. Mrs. J. J. Cor
ley, the committee on prizes, very
generously presented her with the
young lady’s prize, a beautiful burnt
wood nut bowl.
The First Circle wish to thank thei)
competent judges, Mr. R. P. Lester.
Mrs. Annie Pace Wooten and Mrs. C.
A. Sockwell, and their floor manager
Mr. J. H. Echols, and their doorkeep¬
er Mr. J. J. Corley, for their as¬
sistance in making - the Carnival a
success.
Children’s Day at The
Methodist Church Sunday.
The Methodist Sunday School
will observe Children’s Day next
Strndav morning at the Sunday
School hour. The superintendent
the scholars to be present
bring others along with them.
desire is to have the largest
ev* r seen in the church
a similar occasion.
A collection will be taken for
Sunday School cause and it is
that a*!arge contribution
be made by the enthusiastic
and others of the school.
will be tlfe birthday of the
intendent andt he children
d(itermilied to ma £ e the oc
^ one of purest and joy in
of their beloved superinten
The day wli l be a celebra
of ^ superintendenfc > 8 birth .
incidentally which is a beauti¬
befitting turn given the oc
Mr. Lester has worked hard and
in the Sunday School for
many years and the children ap
the fact and him. We
not. know how many birthdays
R P. Lester has had but we dare
next Sunday will be one of the
happiest he ever enjoyed.
No superintendent is better lov*
by the childen presided over
than is Superintendent Lester and
they will make next Sunday a day
to be remembered with perpetual
We entertain the hope that
Dick Lest - :n n-ve manv more
““
b;r thdavs and that his future will
^ as u ; e{ul ag hi§ p£St has beeu .
Library Hours Changed.
During July and August the Library
hours will be from a to 6:30 p. m.